News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-08

goes back to the County Court.
Farmers are ~threshing their oat
and report them very light and chaffy
with a large growth of straw, oat
weighing about % pounds per bushel
Potatoes are a failure, being few
small, and of poor quality. Their
f will be a good yield Of corn-mucl
better than the average.
Geo. Demas, a brakeman on tn,
through freight, jambed the first an(
second fingers Of his right hand Will
coupling cars last Friday. The frs
was badly %pummaced, but DR.. Randall
who dressed the wounded members
concluded it was best not to take il
off and has strong hopes of saving it
The day previous Demas had some Of
the fingers of his other hand jambed.
Frank Porter has been in town the
past few days with his left hand in g
sling. He is employed on the Bur.
lington & Lamoille railroad, and last
Thursday while shifting ears in Bur-
lington, stumbled and fell on the
track. In order to prevent his body
from going under the cars he put out his
left hand and thus probably saved his
life, but lost a part of his second fin
ger and had two or three of the others
badly jambed.
We notice very much improvement
in our village cemetery. Lots are
carefully laid out and handsomely ar
ranged, and there seems to be a desire
on the part of many to keep this ''rest-
ing place of the dead" neat and tidy.
The fence which surrounds it, how
ever, is in a deplorable condition.
Broken down and supported by props
in many places, it is certainly a re-
proach to the community. A new
fence around the entire yard is needed,
and it is bad ecUnoLny TO Try to make
the old II answer.
The Village Improvement Society
was out last Saturday Cor at least a
portion of it } and in a couple of
hours repaired the sidewalk in front
of the Common, putting it in good
condition, and we would just whisper
to parties travelling over it to keep
neal the fence for a little while in order
to give the outer edge a chance to
harden. There is another matter to
which we would call attention, ard that
is that people be just a little careful
about throwing envelopes and news
paper wrappers about the streets.
They are apt to frighten horses and
also give a very untidy look to our
village. The ladies are very anxious
to have this practice and we are
sure the gentlemen will try to over
come the habit.
Gov. Bingham Of Stowe and Judge
Bradley Of the U. S. Supreme Court
were in town a short time Friday. 1t
will be remembered that at the time of
the appointment of the electoral COM
mission which decided the Presidential
contest between Hayes and Tilden,
that the commission was composed of
seven Republicans and seven Demo
Gratis, and that by agreement of both
parties Judge Bradley was selected as
the fifteenth man, and it was his cast
ing vote that decided the contest in
| favor of President Hayes. The Judge
is a magnificent type Of the Caucasian
race. His head is large and his fore
head high, while the angularities of his
face are peculiarly handsome and in
telligent. His reputation as an able
and honest Judge is not eXcelled by
that of any mar upon the American
continent.
SANDwITCHEs.-Frank Thomas and
wife are boarding at E. H. Sherwin's ;
ditto, Nathan Smilie.-Carrie Hyde,
who has been spending several weeks
in town with relatives, went to Somers,
N. Y, last Friday, where she will
remain for the present.-H. NJ. Nc
Farland has been in Montpelier the
past few days.-Corra Terrill is teach
ing school in the Battle Row district.
Remember the Village Improvement
meeting Saturday evening at 7.30
o'clock.-A few street lamps have put
in an appearance there ought to be
more.-Perry Foster is putting a We
randa on his house.-Judge Small and
wife have returned from Queen City
Park. - School starts off finely
May Porter of Burlington is in town
for a few days--Oysters are ripe
Chas. G. Morse has accepted a posi-
ton as foreman of a large printing
establishment at Atlanta, Ga.-The
sunfower has lost much of it's popu-
larity of a few years ago, while golden
rod continues in popular fayor.--The
State fair next week will draw quite a
number from this place.-Every new
moon, it is said, has been accompan-
led by a week of wet wether this sea-
son.-Trade dollars have gone by
Frank Ward enters Burlington college
next week.-The time to plant adver-
tisements for the fall trade is near at
hand.-The crab-apple trees are brill
liant this year with their burden of
fruit.-Pay your taxes, pay them now
and save the discount.-Flora Vaughan
has returned to her school at Abing-
ton, Mass.
PRoCLAMATIoN.-Atthe village meet
ing next Saturday evening, there will
be offered for sale, to the highest bidder,
sundry articles of virtu, relics of the
Centennial, among which is quite a
large quantity of good quality bunt-
ing, solid red color, very suitable for
comforters, and many other articles
of beauty and utility. Every patri-
otto lady ought to buy a few yards
and make it into some ingenious ano
beautiful article, which should at the
same time characterize her own taste
and skill, and hand it down to the
next and succeeding c~entennials as {
souvenir of the first. What 81 wonder
full subject of interest such a collection
as might thus, at tritiing expense, bt
preserved for the pleasure of the neX
centennial! 1t would seem that al
most every one would want to pre-
serve some memento of the occasion
!. The avails, too, will be devoted to al
object of delight to all of us.
PER ORDER CENTENNIAL Com.
Sept. 9th, 1887.
: NORTH HYDE PARK.
Uncle" Luther Griswold is not a
well.
. A. Prior has made a very noticeabl